Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8355, CVE-2018-8359, CVE-2018-8371, CVE-2018-8372, CVE-2018-8373, CVE-2018-8385, CVE-2018-8389, CVE-2018-8390.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Windows - JScript RegExp.lastIndex Use-After-Free EDB-45279 · dos · Aug 28, 2018 · verified
GitHub 1 repository
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whereisr0da/CVE-2018-8353-POC ★ 2 · Sep 10, 2018
Simple poc of CVE-2018-8353 Microsoft Scripting Engine Use After Free
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8353
- 45279 exploit
- 1041483 vdb-entry
- 105034 vdb-entry